whenever we get on of these college or Uni students wanting us to fill out a surveymonkey we could fill in their surveys with utter nonsense?what do you think??
Longman, I do find it helpful to hear an autistic perspective on things. What tends to come across is some level of understanding of how we are affected and how our traits impact on real life situations. Feeling understood, and that there is some explanation for why certain things are so difficult, is comforting in itself and helps to deal with some of the frustration that builds up when life just doesn't seem to match up to my expectations of where I think I should be.
In so far as giving advice is concerned, you are not setting out your stall as an expert, people are free to take it or ignore it as they see fit. You are merely making suggestions of things that have been helpful in your experience with good motives. I don't think there is anything wrong with this, especially in situations where there is usually not one 'right answer', even from the professionals.
I do agree that it would be useful to have some more in-depth information on the website about how things like more subtle social differences, anxiety, executive function and sensory issues etc. play out in real life, with input from autistic people (if such information is there, I have not been able to find it).
Longman, I do find it helpful to hear an autistic perspective on things. What tends to come across is some level of understanding of how we are affected and how our traits impact on real life situations. Feeling understood, and that there is some explanation for why certain things are so difficult, is comforting in itself and helps to deal with some of the frustration that builds up when life just doesn't seem to match up to my expectations of where I think I should be.
In so far as giving advice is concerned, you are not setting out your stall as an expert, people are free to take it or ignore it as they see fit. You are merely making suggestions of things that have been helpful in your experience with good motives. I don't think there is anything wrong with this, especially in situations where there is usually not one 'right answer', even from the professionals.
I do agree that it would be useful to have some more in-depth information on the website about how things like more subtle social differences, anxiety, executive function and sensory issues etc. play out in real life, with input from autistic people (if such information is there, I have not been able to find it).
